The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-07

shell. On breaking it the yolk was found
almost purple in color, and in the centre
was a battered buGlshot. How it got into
the egg is a mystery.
George J, Scammell, proprietor of the
Excelsior Mills, Lake Helen, is slflpplf G
large quantities of lumber to the coast, al d
is to open lumber yard at Glencoe. lie
shipped several carloads over IN one week,
and is getting n new machinery that he may
be enabled to promptly fill the orders CON
stantly coming in.
The three Spanish smacks which have
been lowering in this vicinity i'll sus-
picious manner for several days, sfys the
Kew West Democrat, have at length been
captured and fined by the Collector, WAC is
always prompt to detect and punish all Ylo-
lations of the customs laws. The rae ices
OF the Spanish fishermen in evao Ing and
violating our customs laws and those OF
their own country has also been called to the
attention of the Spanish Consul
W.. t. Burge has bought 900 acres from
the Apopka Sawgrass Company, AMI has
| 500 acres of it thoroughly drained,
and proposes to cultivate part of it, and sell
the rest in small lots to market gardeners,
who NAV wish to avail themselves Of the
enormous profits attending this industry in
South Apopka. Capt B. NJ. Sims and j. b.
Staten are negotiating for 100 acres, and
now that ''the ball has opened" this fertile
tract will be appropriated in hurry.
By order of Chief Zehnbhar, of the Palat-
ka Fire Department the Putnam Alert Hose
Company on Friday night, made test of
the pressure Of the fire plugs. The hose was
attached to the plug on the corner of Lemon
and Second streets, and run 500 feet down
| Second street When the water was turned
on it was thrown 65 feet through one
inch nozzle, and showed good pressure.
Through 200 feet of hose a splendid stream
was thrown over the court house, showing
that there was plenty of water pressure to
send it to the top of the highest building.
DR.. Bronson, representing the New York
Contract Company, has just signed a con-
tract with Messrs W r. S. CLARK and F. s.
Hodges to grade and tie that portion of the
Alabama Florida and Atlantic railroad
which lays between Indian Springs and Sill
yer Springs, near Ocala The tools have
been ordered and the work is expected to
commence next week. The terms Of the
| contract are that this part of the work shall
| be completed in four and half months and
| Mr.. Clark says that the railroad will be rum
ming this winter between these two points
Lake City Tobacco Leaf: Not single
| sack of corn, we are reliably informed, has
| been shipped to Lake City this year. New
| corn is now in the ear and there is an album
dance of the old crop on hand in the coun-
| try. What is used here is brought in from
the county stores, where it is given in ex-
change for goods, or it comes direct from
the farmers barns Another augury of
better times ahead lies in the fact that there
is more home-cured bacon in the country
| than known for many years Not more
| than one box of Western meat is now sold
here where ten formerly Were. The corn
crop for the present year also promises to be
equal to all needs.
! Times Union: Monday Judge Settle, of
| the United States Court, will issue final
decree ordering the foreclosure and sale of
the Florida Railway and Navigation sys-
tenn, which sale will probably take place in
this city in about a month. 1t is generally
| thought that this sale will prove generally
beneficial, as it will get the road out of the
| court into private hands, and that it will
| then be run to the best advantage of the
| State. AS to who the purchasers will be is
| a matter of much speculation, but it is
thought that it will remain in the hands of
the present company, and that northern
outlet from this city to some point in Geor-
| gia will be speedily built
4; Tampa's passports issued to parties living
| there, have to be signed by the Mayor, City
Clerk and the Tampa agent of the Duval
| County Board of Health, who has been ON
quitea formidable looking document, being
Ornamented with the great sealn of the city
| in crimson and gold 1t is understood that
no charges are to be made for these papers
| in Tampa, and it is hoped THAT it will be
arranged by the authorities OF the different
counties and towns throughout the State so
I that citizens can get them without unneces-
sary expense and trouble while every care
| is taken not to issue them to refugees from
the infected places who have not been de
tanned and properly discharged under the
| quarantine regulations
| As lumber port Pensaloca has increased
considerably of late and when compared to
| the shipments from jacksonville, the com
parison is much larger than many would
| believe. The following figures give the
| shipments from jacksonville: Arrivals of
vessels, 10; total tonnage Is, 766; cleared,
%; total tonnage, 13,41S; lumber ex-
ported, 4, HISS, 900 feet, of which 1872, GOO feet
was shipped to foreign ports; Q, 100 cross-ties
and $3.50 bundles of shingles Pensacola S
record is: Arrival of vessels, AZ; tonnage.
&c, 145; cleared, 81 vessels; tonnage, 81 ,65S:
expectations, 24395S cubic feet of hewn
timber, 1880 cubic feet of cedar, 543 coo
shingles, 1920, 900 superficial feet of sawn
timber, and 1926, 600 superficial feet of lum-
| Der, all of which, with the exception of
| l704,000 superficial feet of lumber and the
shingles, was shipped to foreign ports. The
whole reduced to superficial feet makes the
shipment 2S,2l7 $40 feet value of shipments,
1921 900.
1t may interest the Masonic fraternity to
| know that on June 1, a Council of the
| Scottish Rite was formed in St Augustine,
the several degrees being conferred by John
G. Baker, assisted by J. l.. Pifer, General
| G.. d. Of the S. T. G. of the U. S. A. The
members receiving the degrees were: G. F.
Sprague, Crescent City; B. F. Fernant,
DeLand; A. V. Mount, Palatlse; f. D.
Long, Crescent City; E. d. Vandermane,
". !. Ingraham. st; Augustine; E.
T. Shelles, jacksonville; L. D. Sa-
bine, E. f. Vail, U. j. White. r. n.
Derbert, W. n. Snow, ]. l.. Cook, r. w.
Herbert, c. D. Perley, D. o. Luffin, T. F.
Corbett, st. Augustine; C. G. Beasly, c. c..
Gard, Orlando; 7. NJ. Carick, Mud Mills;
w. w. WEIGH, Pensacola; j. +. Tenney,
Federal Point; w. c. Middleton, Moultrie:
w. A. Jones' Salamanca. The officers for
the several lodges were duly elected and in
stalled, and the full lodge is now placed in
good working order, it being the first and
! only one in this State.
John F. White, of Live Oak, who was re-
comfy appointed Judge of the Third Judi
cial Circuit was born and reared in Hawk
ins county. East Tennessee, and is 6S years
of age He refugeed from CHATTANOOGA
when the Federal troops were in possession
of that city in 1868, and came to Houston,
Fla, six miles east of Live Oak, and where
he was at the close of the war with a large
family, and nothing but Confederate money
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